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On the recordMarch 4, 2009
The AIG insurance company is solvent. They got additional capital through this latest round but it did not take an insolvent company and make it solvent.
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Melissa L. Bean
Illinois

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Bean clarifies AIG's financial status and the impact of federal funds.

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